Canobase / canobasing

[southsoundtree]

Looks interesting. I didn't understand it all.

Any other videos of the LCA in action?

 

[KentuckySawyer]

"Canobase" is a great technique with an unfortunately tacky name.

I prefer using and adjustable ring/ring friction saver a its also a great tool for DdRT/MRS climbing.

 

[Worthaug]

Canobase is a dumb name because you can only anchor into one crown at a time. Glad to see Wesspur call it what it actually is, a crown anchor.

 

[dspacio]

I did these videos last year to show show some of the climber how to do the Cano base, golden retriver and flint locker , its starts around the 2 minute mark after the Golden retriever. One thing I would add is I always set my cano base below wide union so it cannot slide up .

Thanks, I appreciate these. Went for a canopy anchor today to avoid basal poison ivy; went great until time to retrieve.. only a few soft redirects, yet the way it cinched (alpine with a quicklink), wouldn't budge. Next time this comes up I will likely use one of the ideas you shared here. thanks!

 

[oceans]

Just came across this, but didn’t know the term was related to the technique. A knot block canopy anchor has several advantages, and I believe they’ve all been stated.
- Multiple climbers in one tree makes base anchoring dicey. Mistakes happen.
- Use a shorter line overall. In dense tree crowns, I used to isolate amd send up a running bowline onto a lower, easier to attain branch and easily advance upward from there. Simply turn the SRS into a MRS until reaching the desired union.
- Use a thinner (8mm) line packed into a ditty bag for retrieval. Tie it to the knot block after reaching the desired union and pitch the bag to the ground.
- This setup allows the benefit of putting a high union or series of unions into compression that wouldn’t be wise to hang off in 1:1, with the safety of being anchored in a much stronger union below…and actually lifting the anchor point, rather than pulling it downward.
- The trick in using a shorter rope was getting the throwline to rope connection through the eye of the running bowline as it was being pulled up to cinch. To solve this, I switched to using an alpine butterfly because the tension is pulled through the knot and the eye hangs loose and free. A couple shakes and a xsre carabiner is through the eye.